... painting is large and it took me a while to absorb all the detail in the painting. I was extremely impressed with the work. The subjects in the work have real expressions as opposed to ideal as is evident by the bride and some of her maids. Some of the women are doing other things rather than focusing on the bride. They are having conversations and carrying on with different things. They do not appear to be posed in any way for the painter. This painting seems to be of the realist variety although Makovsky himself was more of an academic. Although Bouguereau's painting, "The Broken Pitcher", incorporates a real subject, the painting itself is far from being realist. The work is clean and detailed as is the subject. It is quite finished in terms of brush stroke and color. The girl seems to be clean and somewhat innocent. Her skin ...

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